Word: hike
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...midst of the Amazon basin, a few hectares of land in the middle of a preserve called the Tapaj?s National Forest, 67 km south of Santar?m in the Brazilian state of Par?. After a tooth-loosening ride along a cratered, flooded jungle road and a short but slippery hike into the 25-year-old preserve, I finally got to my goal?a surreal scene in the heart of the rain forest. As far as the eye could see, transparent plastic tents covered the forest floor, which was crisscrossed by a complicated network of trenches and pits. I lowered myself...
...researcher-writer in Switzerland last summer, I was sent on dangerous hikes alone several times, even though the book I was writing for warned readers never to hike these trails alone...
...billion. The chiefs know that both Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore and GOP nominee George W. Bush have called for increased spending on the military. Gore wants to spend $10 billion more a year than Clinton has planned, while Bush is seeking a more modest $4.5 billion annual hike. So they're not going to say things are hunky-dory with those promised added dollars on the horizon...
...fare hike, which also affects bus, commuter rail and ferry passengers, will mean an extra $46 million in operating revenue annually, according to MBTA estimates. The Authority says the money will be spent on natural gas-powered buses, new bus routes and various other T projects...
...less attractive than the Baywatch gang, only fully clothed and better educated. Guest Larry Jandrew of Asheville, N.C., who brought a family party of himself and seven others to the lodge, was particularly taken by Meg Pocklington, a Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Center research assistant, who during a long hike through the rain forest took special care of Jandrew's mother-in-law Kitty Conley. Pat Chadwick and Sam Twyford, a retired couple from Australia, were struck by how "friendly--and environmentally conscious" Canadians...